8Regulations etc under other Acts

8 Regulations etc under other Acts

8 Regulations etc under other Acts

(1) Where an Act confers no power to make regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or by-laws, the Governor shall be deemed to have power pursuant to that Act to make regulations thereunder which, in the Governor’s opinion, are necessary or convenient in consequence of the enactment of the Commonwealth Act and this Act.

(2) (Repealed)

(3) Where an Act confers a power to make regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or by-laws that is insufficient to authorise the making of regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or by-laws that are necessary or convenient in consequence of the enactment of the Commonwealth Act or this Act, the power conferred shall be deemed to extend to the making of such regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or by-laws, as the case may be.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act pursuant to which they are made, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or by-laws made pursuant to subsection (1) or subsection (3) or under any other power to make them for the same purposes may be made to take effect on the day of publication in the Gazette or on some other day specified in the regulations, being a day before or after the day of publication in the Gazette, but not earlier than the appointed day.

s 8: Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32.